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APA / AICP Web Conference Training Series
at the
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
Once again the Roanoke Valley - Alleghany Regional Commission will be hosting a series of APA Audio/Web Conferences in FY 11-12. You are invited to attend the web conferences listed below.
The audio/web conferences will be held from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the RVARC conference room at 313 Luck Avenue SW in Roanoke, Virginia. Reminders about the conferences will be emailed prior to each event.
Additional information about the programs is available at https://www.planning.org/audioconference/index.htm .
Information about the AICP Certification Maintenance program is at https://www.planning.org/cm.
Additional information about the programs is available at https://www.planning.org/audioconference/index.htm .
Information about the AICP Certification Maintenance program is at https://www.planning.org/cm.
The audio/web conferences are free to attend, however due to space constraints we do require that you register. For more information please contact Eddie Wells at 540-343-4417 or ewells@rvarc.org.
Social Media and Ethics
November 9, 2011, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In this brave new world of media, what is ethical? Social media applications have created new ways to communicate but are seldom addressed in administrative rules. What can you say to whom, and how? Explore how social media affects planners and planning commissioners and whether the ethical considerations are the same for both groups
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM (Ethics credits).
Urban Agriculture and Food Systems Planning
March 14, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Food systems planning has developed as an important new area; planning now addresses everything from transportation to green markets and urban agriculture to food access. Learn how this has become a planning issue and what communities are doing to ensure safe, healthy, and appropriate food systems. Examine how conflicts between urban dwellers and urban agriculture are resolved.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM.
Maintaining Neighborhood Character
May 16, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Many historic neighborhoods have experienced teardowns and the rebuilding of monster homes or other buildings that undermine sound planning. For historic and conservation districts this is a pressing issue. Learn how communities have developed codes, guidelines, and community visioning programs that respond to these incompatible developments. As communities grow and change, explore how historic preservation can be successfully linked to new development.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.0 CM.
Planning Law Review 2012
June 27, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Keep abreast of the latest developments in case law and legislation. Whether it is the Supreme Court considering First Amendment issues or states focusing on property rights, a panel of attorneys will highlight new trends, important precedents, unsettled issues, and pending decisions. Hear an update on federal legislation and what it will mean for your community, as well as where amicus briefs were filed and why.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM (Law credits).
Social Media and Ethics
November 9, 2011, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In this brave new world of media, what is ethical? Social media applications have created new ways to communicate but are seldom addressed in administrative rules. What can you say to whom, and how? Explore how social media affects planners and planning commissioners and whether the ethical considerations are the same for both groups
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM (Ethics credits).
Urban Agriculture and Food Systems Planning
March 14, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Food systems planning has developed as an important new area; planning now addresses everything from transportation to green markets and urban agriculture to food access. Learn how this has become a planning issue and what communities are doing to ensure safe, healthy, and appropriate food systems. Examine how conflicts between urban dwellers and urban agriculture are resolved.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM.
Maintaining Neighborhood Character
May 16, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Many historic neighborhoods have experienced teardowns and the rebuilding of monster homes or other buildings that undermine sound planning. For historic and conservation districts this is a pressing issue. Learn how communities have developed codes, guidelines, and community visioning programs that respond to these incompatible developments. As communities grow and change, explore how historic preservation can be successfully linked to new development.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.0 CM.
Planning Law Review 2012
June 27, 2012, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Keep abreast of the latest developments in case law and legislation. Whether it is the Supreme Court considering First Amendment issues or states focusing on property rights, a panel of attorneys will highlight new trends, important precedents, unsettled issues, and pending decisions. Hear an update on federal legislation and what it will mean for your community, as well as where amicus briefs were filed and why.
Certification Maintenance: This audio/web conference has been approved for 1.5 CM (Law credits).
